Bent County register., 1887-09-10

"Because printers work for the head
and brewers work for the stomach
and where twenty men have stom.
achs, but one has brains.-Dodce
City Globe.
The Evening Penny Post, of Kan
sas City, is bright and energetic
little, sheet, but we belieye it will
make a failure of its scheme of send
ing representative through Kansas
to write up the various towns and
cities at stipulated price. That
racket has been overworked in this
state and the people are sick and
tired OF it. They now spend their
money on special editions of their
'ome papers, and find that they get
much better results for the OUTLAY.
-kinsley Mercury.
1t Is useless to whine over the de.
stroyed cattle range, or sigh for the
good old days when man could
travel whole week before striking
house where somebody lived. The
old Colorado is passing away, and
new life and new existence is break
l'i< Upon the Colorado of to-day.
The great S-eRswl,ich has swept oyer
our eastern plains is uplifting the
whole state with its mighty impetus,
and it is for Pueblo to say whether
she shall ride in triumph on its glor-
ious summit. or be overwhelmed or
submerged beneath its resistless on
ward movement.-Honda, in Pueblo
Review and Standard.
Last week, near San Augustine, u
Mexican herding sheep for Col. Ry
nerson was bitten by large rattle.
snake, and no sooner bad the reptile
Withdrawn Its fangs than he grabbed
it up and bit it almost in two. We
do not know whether or not he did
this while in heat of passion or
through superstition, but strange to
say, he never in the least felt the eff
iects of the bite and kept right on
with his herd.-Las Vegas Optic.
AT the time of the robbery on the
Southern Pacific, some ten days ago,
1t was reported that the booty sceur-
ed by the robbers was but s.lall. A
gentleman from that section of
country, having means of knowing
was in Las Vegas on Saturday, and
he states that they secured over
100000. In fact. they threw away
some $500 in Mexican silver, as
too heavy TO carry. Our informant
also states that the same train was
wrecked before it reached Los An
geles, and the engineer was badly
hurt.-Las Vegas Optic.
Up all the various gulches In Pit
Kin County where the timber has
been burned off, the red raspberry
grows in great profusion. Thou
sands of gallons have been and are
now being gathered this season. One
lady has a camp up Hunter Creek,
where she picks and cans the berries.
She says she will make about $500
on berries this season. Every day
in the week, SUNDAYS not excepted.
the various gulches are lined with
people picking the delicious frui,.
BESIDES the red berry, thimble ber-
ries, choke cherries and blue berries
grow in great quantities. If Pitkin
County had no rich mines with the
various productions of the soil, the
county would still be very desirable
place for happy homes.-Aspen
Times.
The Chicago Tribune published a
curious list of the eyents of July in
the Unilod states by way Of illustrat-
ing the untowarn influence of and
abnormally high temperature upon
human blood and brain. There were
$50 murders, Il great increase over
any other monthly total for many
years. There was an average of
eight suicides a day. There were
us persons killed by railroad aoci-
dents, and also 200 were badly injur-
ed thereby. There were 293 persons
drowned, exceeding by 100 per cent.
the number dying in that way in a